Specifications

Printer Fonts

Standard Printer Fonts

For more information on fonts, refer to the ZPL II Programming Guide.

•Bit-mapped fonts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and GS are expandable up to 10 times, height- and width-independent. However, fonts E and H (OCR-B and OCR-A) are not considered in-spec when expanded.

•The scalable (smooth) font (CG Triumvirate™ Bold Condensed) is expandable on a dot-by-dot basis, height- and width-independent, while maintaining smooth edges, to a maximum of 1500 ´ 1500 dots.

•IBM Code Page 850 international characters are available in fonts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and Ø through software control.

Table 7. Eight Dots/mm Printhead

Standard

Dot Matrix

Type

Minimum Character Size

Fonts

Height ´

Inter-

U = Uppercase

 

 

 

charac-

L = Lowercase

Height ´ Width

Character Density

 

Width (in dots)

 

ter Gap

D = Descenders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

9 ´ 5

1

U-L-D

0.044” ´ 0.029”

33.90 Char./inch

1.13 mm ´ 0.75 mm

1.33

Char./mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

11 ´ 7

2

U

0.054” ´ 0.044”

22.60 Char./inch

1.38 mm ´ 1.13 mm

0.89

Char./mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C, D

18 ´ 10

2

U-L-D

0.088” ´ 0.059”

16.95 Char./inch

2.25 mm ´ 1.50 mm

0.67

Char./mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

28 ´ 15

5

OCR-B

0.138” ´ 0.098”

10.17 Char./inch

3.50 mm ´ 2.50 mm

0.40

Char./mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F

26 ´ 13

3

U-L-D

0.128” ´ 0.079”

12.71 Char./inch

3.25 mm ´ 2.00 mm

0.50

Char./mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G

60 ´ 40

8

U-L-D

0.295” ´ 0.236”

4.24

Char./inch

7.50 mm ´ 6.00 mm

0.17

Char./mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H

21 ´ 13

6

OCR-A

0.103” ´ 0.093”

10.71 Char./inch

2.63 mm ´ 2.38 mm

0.42

Char./mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GS

24 ´ 24

0

SYMBOL

0.118” ´ 0.118”

8.48

Char./inch

3.00 mm ´ 3.00 mm

0.33

Char./mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ø

Default: 15 ´ 12

 

U-L-D

Scalable (smooth) font

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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